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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hate to ask this elementary question, but what is the current average platter HD's read write speeds, because I'm used to things being judged by RPMs however .. SSDs do not go around. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@arvash <br><br>150MB read/write seems to be the best atm.<br><br><a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-hard-drive-charts/h2benchw-3.12-Max-Write-Throughput,1012.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-hard-drive-charts/h2benchw-3.12-Max-Write-Throughput,1012.html</a><br><br><a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-hard-drive-charts/h2benchw-3.12-Max-Read-Throughput,1009.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-hard-drive-charts/h2benchw-3.12-Max-Read-Throughput,1009.html</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hvakrg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@arvash My rough guess is about 80-100 MB/s for sequential read/write (maximum, it's often lower in practice). However, SSDs excel even more in random read/writes - hard drives can barely break past 1 MB/s. The improvement in random access is what speeds up the desktop experience the most.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[r3loaded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@arvash most modern drives are in the 70 to 100 MB/s area for read and write, so SSD are somewhat faster, but it isn't the read/write speed that is the best thing about SSD's its the almost 0 ms seek time that makes it fast compared to normal drives,<br><br>on normal drives going from one place on the drive to another takes around 4ms]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nezzdk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'd like to add, that you would think from 4 to 0 ms makes or doesn't seem like it is a difference, but added up and in reality, it is a whole lot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[abedinthehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@nezzdk <br><br>4ms might be right for a SAS enterprise type drive. But your average 1TB desktop drive will be closer to 15ms.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[the Dude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 5:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@nezzdk It's more about random write speeds than access times.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 10:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@DanH  random write is dependant on the access time and seek time :-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nezzdk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 2:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Somebody still did not realize which performance metrics really matter. <br><br>Hint: Its not sequential throughput.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bahumbug]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA["and with pricing for the 100GB F100 projected to be as low as $400"<br><br>ah yeahh... no...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lionel Y.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Raio <br><br>Precisely; when is a 100GB drive at $400 regarded as being "low priced" ?  Can you even buy 100GB conventional HDs anymore ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 5:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Raio <br><br>Amen.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedixjarf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 10:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Unless this is SATA 6GBps as well, I don't see why you would want to get this over the Micron RealSSD, which is priced similarly and faster in read.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hangster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@hang, unfortunately not, it comes with the old SATA 3Gb/s]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 7:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[@hang , the sand force controller is for SATA 3Gb/s only.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 7:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[$4.00/Gb ... :/]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Excelsium]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 4:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Here is the link to the review: <a href="http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3195/corsair_force_series_f100_100gb_ssd_featuring_the_sandforce_1200/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3195/corsair_force_series_f100_100gb_ssd_featuring_the_sandforce_1200/index.html</a><br><br>Vladislav forgot to add it :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron Wilmot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 5:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Only that those speeds will only be reached if the Sandforce chip can compress data - else it won't reach anything near that write speed...<br><br>Videos and Audio for example don't compress well - they are generally saved in a compressed format by users.<br><br>Also, Sandforce has a tendency to randomly fail - at least in that "limited edition" drive from OCZ....<br><br>I wouldn't touch it with a pole.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DetlevCM]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 6:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[I only know of failures with the media drives that were sent out. Once we all trashed the Vertex Pro II drives SF took a look at the firmware and had a DUH moment. The LE drives didn't ship with the same firmware. <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrisram]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 6:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[This sand force controller is for SATA 3Gb/s]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 7:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Damn commenting system tricked me again.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 7:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[SSD's aren't going to get much faster until SATA-III becomes commonplace. Bigger and more relyable, yes, but they have hit the speed ceiling. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nitesh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 8:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[i have been looking for something like this. Must be the right thing in a video edit system.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AKP]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 9:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fastest SSD around? I thought most recent testing showed that the Crucial RealSSD C300 was the fastest around, for now... I believe it's even faster than the "force."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 11:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Too expensive.  What's keeping the price of these things from finally falling?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ice5nake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 24th 2010 1:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is corsair releasing a 50gb version of this, like OWC's Mercury Extreme?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 25th 2010 3:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is corsair releasing a 50gb version of this, like OWC's Mercury Extreme?<br><br>Thank-you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 25th 2010 1:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Corsair's 100GB Force SSD scorches the test bench with its blazing speed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/corsairs-100gb-force-ssd-scorches-the-test-bench-with-its-blazi/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anyone???<br>Is anyone aside from OWC making a 50GB version?<br>Thank-you!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 26th 2010 3:05AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
